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Sophie Carville

Sophie Carville has written 4 posts for The London Word
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The first time Sophie moved to London, Canary Wharf depressed the hell out of her and it was all just a bit too much, so she pretty much fled the country and ran off to be a tour leader in SE Asia and eastern Europe for a year and a half. But soon she came to her senses and moved back to one of the world's best cities, and got a job writing travel articles for an online company. It was all very jammy, but soon karma caught up with her and she was credit-crunched out of a job, and she decided that freelancing might be the way to go. Now she writes articles and reviews for a music website and generally mooches around London having a nice time.

Wandsworth Car Towing Thieves

By Sophie Carville ⋅ December 26, 2008 ⋅ One comment

We’re all used to complicated parking regulations in London, with the evil, vulture-like councils seizing every opportunity to issue us with fines (a topic I believe has already been extensively ranted about on the site).

Hansel & Gretel’s Royal Opera House Screening

By Sophie Carville ⋅ December 18, 2008 ⋅ One comment

It took me a few moments to stop sniggering at composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s name (I’ve never been able to see past Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride), but once I was over it I was surprised how much I really enjoyed this screening of Hänsel und Gretel live from the Royal Opera House.

Hot ‘n’ Sweaty Bikram Yoga

By Sophie Carville ⋅ November 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Don’t feel bad if you haven’t yet heard of Bikram yoga – you’re not alone. Until yesterday it was utterly new to me too, but the clue is in the title. Bikram is known as ’hot yoga’. And they really mean it.

Belly Dancing, Fulham Style

By Sophie Carville ⋅ November 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A complete lack of exercise in my life drew me to Fulham’s Dance Attic Studios, along with a friend who wouldn’t take no for an answer. It’s hard to maintain the British ‘don’t care’ attitude when you’re gyrating in a room full of strangers to the Holly Valance version of Kiss Kiss. It helped that I could actually [...]